Improvement in sleeping-car berths



M. LEINER. Sleeping-Car Berth.

No. 221,834. Patented Nov. 18, 1879. i

WITNESSES: INVENTORY: W

ATTORNEYS.

NJETERS. PHOTO-UTNQGPAPHER, WASHINGTON. D- Q been applied.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

MOEITZ LEINER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLEEPING-CAR BERTHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,834, dated November18, 1879; application filed October 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORITZ LEINER, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Attachment for Car and SteamboatBerths, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a portion of a car to which myimprovement has Fig. 2 .is a sectional end elevation taken through theline ac 00, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to furnish an attachment for car andsteamboat berths to facilitate entering and leaving the berths, and toprevent the occupants of berths from falling or being thrown out.

, The invention consists in providing car and steamboat berths withladders so constructed as to promote the convenience of passengers ineuterin g and, leaving the berths, and as guards to prevent theoccupants of the berths from falling or being thrown out.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a portion of the body of a sleeping-car. B represents anupper berth, which is designed to be constructed in the usual way. 0represents a ladder of such a length as to reach from the berth B nearlyto the ear'fioor.

The end rounds, rolls, or bars Dof the ladder 0 are made rigid and withprojecting ends, so that the said ends may be slipped into or hung uponrings, hooks, or other supports, E,

attached to the roof of the car, and then pivoted on the inside of thefront part of the berth B in bearings E.

With this construction, when the ladder O is to be used its upper end isdetached from the upper supports, E, and the ladder is allowed to hangdown in front of the berth, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2,so that it may be used as a ladder in ascending to and descending fromthe berth.

'WVhen the occupant of the berth has entered it the ladder O is drawn upand again secured to the upper supports, E, so that it may serve as aguard to prevent the occupant of the berth from falling out or beingthrown out by the swaying or jarring of the car.

When the ladder U is being used as a guard it may be arrangedlongitudinally with the berth, if desired.

F is a loop or other flexible handle sus pended from a ring or other.support, G, attached to the roof of the car above the forward part ofthe berth B, for the occupant of the berth to take hold of to steadyhimself when entering or leaving the berth and when moving about in theberth.

. When not in use, the ladder C may be laid upon the berth B and foldedup with it.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination, with a car or steamboat berthhaving the supports E and bearings E, of a ladder, 0, having an endcross-bar, D, pivoted on the inside of the berth in the bearings E, andadapted to be usd in connection with the supports E as a guard,or to belet down for a ladder, as described.

MOEITZ LEINER.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEDGWICK.

